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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 06, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph J Stace, Narragansett, RI (US);
Laurence M Dean, Newport, RI (US);
Ivan N Kirschner, Portsmouth, RI (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41A / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
42-114 ; 89-5 ; 89 31 ;
Abstract
A sealing apparatus which may be mounted on multi or single barreled guns disclosed to provide a watertight seal on an underwater gun. The sealing apparatus comprises a sealing plate connected to a gun barrel and a muzzle seal which fit on the muzzle of the gun barrel and frictionally engages the sealing plate. The sealing plate includes a firing aperture which aligns with the gun barrel when the gun is fired.